Several things are turning around in my head in recent developments.
1) The successful launch of the private venture Sapce Ship to the ISS:
In a way, things are going well till this point in time. What sends shudders down my spine is the prospect of such technology (which till recently was only in hands of legitimate and responsible governments) falling into the hands of greedy business behemoths.
It reminds me of the cute animated film: "Wall-E", where the story stretches the imaginated scenerio of how humans can venture to deep space in wait for Earth to become Habitable centuries after it degenrates into a Dingy polluted hell.
2) In a related development- the official incorporation of a space Dredging Corporation for Space Mining:
I know there are entire planets made of Diamonds in space (we are told) and that many of the exotic minerals found after great and costly mining and purification on earth are simply found in plenty on space rocks.
However, what I dont understand is who owns the universe? Are we slowly going to sell materials brought from space? Is wealth being created from free and natural resources which till now were untapped? Is this the beginging of the New Gold Rush?
The implications on Humanities greed are too scary to mention. Remember what happens in the name of resource hunting on earths now extinct Tribes, forests, natural ecosystems ....? We currently dont know the side effects of these small steps of Man, and Big leaps of Mankind- untethered!
3) Back to my favourite domain- tech gadgets.
I saw an ad on a G+ posting for the Samsung smart TV, where you interact with the TV by gestures, no remotes or buttons. That would be a lovely feature on all arefacts that amuse us in the living room today.
Another interesting tech nugget was the new hands-free computing interface by Leap Motion. Those few who still dont know do google it up. Its worth the time.
Hope to bring you up to speed on Whats UP and Down soon.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
It has been a very long time since my last post.
I have been though a very tumultous interval during this period.
Basically, I changed my job chasing a fatter salary. There I found that the job was a complete mismatch to my knowledge and methods and had to quit even before the probation ended.
Now I get stuck in a job that's even less salaried than the last stable one.
The good thing however is that I could remain calm and sane in the whole process. I know a few years earlier, I would have easily panicked and lost control over my emotional and physical health in the process. But with age automatically comes the wisdom you earn. This wisdom kept me on the right path absorbing the shocks that came.
In between for the few months that I did have that higher paying job, I went out and bought a new LG Optimus 2X the first released dual core handphone!!!
The phone is awesome, but LG bloatware pulls its market down tremendously. After a few months, I turned to the trusted sources at Modaco.com for a baked ROM, which took the phone striaght out of its laziness into a shooting star.
I realized that I just craved for more of Android updates and it became a very funny habbit of checking for a new ROM almost every day at the peak of this new addiction.
Then from the Android 2.2, I wanted the 2,3 (gingerbread). As soon as some geeks had the basic Android 4 working on this phone, I jumped boats onto the XDA-Developers zone for my daily dose of ICS Roms.
I have been doing this for the past few months and dont see why I cant stop enjoying the same routine, only now for IceCream Sandwich.
In the meantime, I managed to Brick my old HTC Magic, but am still hoping to Jtag it back to life some day!!!
My son now has the HTC One X, a quad core brute, which also I love, but let go of for my son!!!
Do drop by and check back, neve know I might have completely changed to a new device or OS. NOOOO, I am an ardent Android fan, and nothing can change that.
So long for now.
I have been though a very tumultous interval during this period.
Basically, I changed my job chasing a fatter salary. There I found that the job was a complete mismatch to my knowledge and methods and had to quit even before the probation ended.
Now I get stuck in a job that's even less salaried than the last stable one.
The good thing however is that I could remain calm and sane in the whole process. I know a few years earlier, I would have easily panicked and lost control over my emotional and physical health in the process. But with age automatically comes the wisdom you earn. This wisdom kept me on the right path absorbing the shocks that came.
In between for the few months that I did have that higher paying job, I went out and bought a new LG Optimus 2X the first released dual core handphone!!!
The phone is awesome, but LG bloatware pulls its market down tremendously. After a few months, I turned to the trusted sources at Modaco.com for a baked ROM, which took the phone striaght out of its laziness into a shooting star.
I realized that I just craved for more of Android updates and it became a very funny habbit of checking for a new ROM almost every day at the peak of this new addiction.
Then from the Android 2.2, I wanted the 2,3 (gingerbread). As soon as some geeks had the basic Android 4 working on this phone, I jumped boats onto the XDA-Developers zone for my daily dose of ICS Roms.
I have been doing this for the past few months and dont see why I cant stop enjoying the same routine, only now for IceCream Sandwich.
In the meantime, I managed to Brick my old HTC Magic, but am still hoping to Jtag it back to life some day!!!
My son now has the HTC One X, a quad core brute, which also I love, but let go of for my son!!!
Do drop by and check back, neve know I might have completely changed to a new device or OS. NOOOO, I am an ardent Android fan, and nothing can change that.
So long for now.
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